TORONTO – Canada’s Gabriel Diallo has advanced to the third round of the men’s National Bank Open in Toronto.
The 27th-seed from Montreal beat Italy’s Matteo Gigante 6-3, 7-5 (6).
Gigante doubled-faulted on match point. Diallo, 23, hit eight aces to Gigante’s five.
Alexis Galarneau from Laval, Que., fell 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 to 13th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy in a rain-interrupted match that paused after two sets at Sobeys Stadium.
The 26-year-old Galarneau was a wild-card entry in the tournament.
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top Canadian seed in men’s singles at 21, was scheduled to face Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan in the second round.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2025.
